Vacancies put Hinds Co. Board of Supervisors' quorum at risk

2nd seat among 5 soon to be open as bickering continues

9:59 PM,
Jun. 17, 2013

Written by

Ruth Ingram
| ringram@clarionledger.com

In two weeks, the five-member Hinds County Board of Supervisors will be down to three, the minimum that must be present to pay bills and employees and approve other business in the state's largest county.

Board members have yet to take up the appointment of an interim replacement for the late District 2 Supervisor Doug Anderson, who died April 13 at age 74. And District 4 Supervisor Phil Fisher on Monday attended his last meeting; on July 1, he becomes mayor of Clinton.

That creates a potential voting bloc made up of District 1 Supervisor and board president Robert Graham and District 5 ...